Origins: fourteen billion years of cosmic evolution

Preface : A meditation on the origins of science and the science of origins

Overture : The greatest story ever told

pt. 1. The origin of the universe. In the beginning

Antimatter matters

Let there be light

Let there be dark

Let there be more dark

One universe or many?

pt. 2. The origin of galaxies and cosmic structure. Discovering galaxies

The origin of structure

pt. 3. The origin of the stars. Dust to dust

The elemental zoo

pt. 4. The origin of planets. When worlds were young

Between the planets

Worlds unnumbered : planets beyond the solar system

pt. 5. The origin of life. Life in the universe

The origin of life on Earth

Searching for life in the solar system

Searching for life in the Milky Way galaxy

Coda : The search for ourselves in the cosmos.